The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c12.91

c12.91

Alexander had the magnanimity to respect his gallant adversary, and willingly responded to his proud request to be 'treated as a king¹'. The victor not only confirmed the vanquished prince in the government of his ancestral territory, but added to it other lands of still greater extent; and by this politic generosity secured for the brief period of his stay in the country a grateful and faithful friend.²